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Recent Awards and Honors
Updated February 21, 2012
Faculty
University Awards
- Professor
Adesoji O. Adelaja received the MSU Distinguished
Faculty Award for 2011.
- Professor
Richard Bernsten received the 2011 Ralph Smuckler Award
on March 23. The award is bestowed upon a senior MSU faculty member
who has had a lasting impact on international scholarship, teaching
and public services. Bernsten received the award in recognition of his
extensive global research and dedication to promote agricultural development
in Asia, Africa and Latin America over a career that spans more than
40 years.
- Professor Emeritus Donald Ricks received the 2010 Faculty Emeriti Association (FEA) Outstanding Contributions by an Individual Award for his research with the apple and cherry industries and contributions to graduate student training for careers in Extension.
Departmental Awards
- AFRE Excellence in Teaching Award 2011: Larry Zink for undergraduate teaching through his sales course, his professional practice seminars, and his innovation in taking the sales course online.
- Excellence in Research Award 2011: Thomas Jayne for prolific publication of excellent journal articles, many involving graduate students and most well integrated with outreach activities of the Food Security project.
- Excellence in Extension/Outreach Award 2011: Frank Lupi for Excellence in Extension/Outreach via the Partnership for Ecosystem Research and Management (PERM) program with the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife and the State of Michigan to which he has integrated successful funding and numerous publications.
- Excellence in Teaching Award 2010: Rick Bernsten for his classes in World Food, Population, and Poverty and Field Data Collection and Analysis in Developing Countries; his founding of the University of Philippines-Los Baños Study Abroad program; and his dedication to welcoming students from around the world and teaching US students to embrace cultural differences.
- Excellence in Research Award 2010: Sandra Batie her 2008 article on “Wicked Problems and Applied Economics,” the ideas from which have subsequently been widely applied to subfields across the profession
- Excellence in Extension/Outreach Award 2010: Jim Hilker for his agricultural price outlook program, his columns in Michigan Farm News, his Probabilistic Price Forecast webpage, and his contributions to developing a farmer decision aid on whether to participate in the USDA Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program.
Awards Granted by Professional Societies and Other Organizations
- Eric Wittenberg was selected for the Outstanding Academic Specialist award for 2010 by the Michigan Association of Extension Agents (MAEA).
- John W. Allen (Jack), PhD, Professor Emeritus Agricultural Economics/ Food Industry Management, has been named to the Meat Industry Hall of Fame Class of 2011.
- Jacob Ricker-Gilbert, and T.S. Jayne What are the
Enduring Benefits of Fertilizer Subsidies on Household Well-Being? Evidence
from Malawi. Awarded 3rd place among contributed papers submitted to
the African Association of Agricultural Economists Triennial Meetings,
Cape Town, South Africa, September 21, 2010. Presentation.
- Lulama Traub, Robert J. Myers, T.S. Jayne, and Ferdinand
Meyer Measuring Price Transmission in Maize Grain Markets:
The case of South Africa and Mozambique. Awarded 1st place among contributed
papers submitted to the African Association of Agricultural Economists
Triennial Meetings, Cape Town, South Africa, September 21, 2010. Presentation.
- Professor Emeritus Allan Schmid received the first
Institutional and Behavioral Economics Section (IBES) fellow award at
the AAEA annual meetings July 26, 2010. A video of his acceptance
speech can be viewed
on You Tube.
- Ana Fernandez received the 2010 AAEA Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award Honorable Mention for “Wildlife Conservation in Zambia: Impact of Game Management Areas on Household Welfare.” Major Professor: David Tschirley. http://www.aaea.org/about/awards-honors/annual-awards/content.php?i=478
- Best article in Agricultural Economics in 2009 (announced in 2010): Zhiying Xu, William J. Burke, Thomas S. Jayne and Jones Govereh for “Do input subsidy programs “crowd in” or “crowd out” commercial market development? Modeling fertilizer demand in a two-channel marketing system.” Agricultural Economics 40(1): 79-94. http://www.iaae-agecon.org/honors/article.html
- International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA) Fellow 2010 - H. Christopher Peterson holder of the department’s Nowlin Chair in Consumer Responsive Agriculture.
- International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA) 2010 Best Paper Conference Theme Award - Thasanee Satimanon and Dave D. Weatherspoon for “Hedonic Analysis of Sustainable Food Products”
- International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA) 2010 Best Paper Innovation Award - Domenico Dentoni, Glynn Tonsor, Roger Calantone, and H. Christopher Peterson for “Brand Information Mitigating Negative Shocks on Animal Welfare: Should It Distract Consumers or Make Them Aware?”
Graduate
Students
University Awards
Departmental Awards
- Megan Sheahan Best M.S. Thesis of 2011, “Analysis of Fertilizer Profitability and Use in Kenya.” Major Professor: Thom Jayne.
- Shan Ma Best PhD Dissertation of 2011, “Supply and Demand for Ecosystem Services from Cropland in Michigan.” Major Professor: Scott Swinton.
- Ana Fernández Best M.S. Thesis of 2010, "Wildlife Conservation in Zambia: Impact of Game Management Areas on Household Welfare." Major professor: David Tschirley.
- Feng Song Best Ph.D. Dissertation of 2010, "Essays on Land Use Decisions for Energy Crop Production and the Effects of Subsidies under Uncertainty and Costly Reversibility" Thesis supervisor: Jinhua Zhao; major professor: Scott Swinton.
- Maria Christina Jolejole Best M.S. Thesis of 2009, “Trade-Offs, Incentives and the Supply of Ecosystem Services from Cropland.” Major Professor: Scott Swinton.
- Domenico Dentoni Best PhD Dissertation of 2009, “Branding Agri-Food Products with Credence Attributes.” Major Professor: Christopher Peterson.
- Jacob McManus (winner, research idea category) "Decision
Support Tool for Conversion to a High-Efficiency Tart Cherry Orchard
System"
- Rachel Ford (winner, work in-progress category) "Managing Great
Lakes Water as a Common Pool Resource: The Case of Irrigators in Southwest
Michigan"
- Scott Knoche (winner completed work category) "Economic Value
of Publicly Accessible Land for Ruffed Grouse Hunters in Michigan."
Undergraduate
Students
Awards Granted by Professional Societies and Other Organizations
- 2011. MSU's student National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) team won its first Outstanding Student Chapter Award
at the first time ever at NAMA's 2011 conference, April 13-15 in Kansas City. The team also took home the 3rd Place John Deere
Signature Award. Both awards recognize the student chapter's ability to promote and encourage student opportunities for increased
business knowledge, academic excellence, leadership development, and community citizenship. In the key Student Marketing
Competition, the MSU team placed 6th, reaching the finals for the 4th time in 7 years. The MSU student NAMA team in Kansas City
included Agribusiness Management majors Mitch Bigelow (president), Beth Motz (treasurer), Jolene Talaski, Beth Wernette, Shelbi
Wisner, Ashley Eddy, Ben Fleischmann, Mike Klein, Kayla Lehman (MSU student NAMA Director of NAMA), and Paul Wamhoff.
Laura Cheney is faculty advisor to the MSU student NAMA team. Outstanding NAMA Student
Chapter photo at http://www.flickr.com/photos/namaflickr/5631706553/in/set-72157626401669075
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